Ryder News for Nov. 12, 2015
Not much news for this week as I didn’t hear from anyone. Remember I need your news to keep this column going, I can’t make stories up. Well, I could but somebody might catch me.
If you read this column last week, you are aware that there was a pickup stolen in Ryder on Oct. 4th from Ryder residents Anthony and Janet Payan which then ended up on a large rock in Max Bezanson’s pasture. Well, guess what…I have a picture of that pickup on the rock!
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| Anthony Payan’s stolen pickup on rock in Bezanson’s pasture. |
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| Anthony Payan’s stolen pickup on rock in Bezanson’s pasture. |
Remember the bazaar this coming Saturday (Nov. 14th) at the Ryder Community Center (former Ryder School gym). So far 26 tables have been rented out and are waiting for you to come and purchase the items on them! The bazaar starts at 9:00 a.m. and runs until 3:00 p.m. There will also be Thanksgiving turkey drawing that day at 3:00 right after the bazaar in the same building. These two events are sponsored by the Ryder Community Club.
There was an exceptionally large crowd at bingo Friday night. Everyone was having a good time, especially Denise Johnson. Denise managed to win 3 out of the 5 games. I thought maybe she would need an escort to help her get to her car but since her hubby was with her, she declined my generous offer of help!! The big pot didn’t go out and is still available for winning when the next bingo date rolls around on the first Friday in December.
Kathy Kallestad had a nice surprise when her daughters and their families showed up at bingo to visit and play the games. Her daughter Jennifer even brought a friend along for luck. Alas, it wasn’t to be their night!
Kenny and I went to the Happy Hour Senior Citizens Club on Monday for the free meal and meeting as we had joined last month.
The Club is always looking to recruit new members and since this is a short news week, I thought I would put a little something about the Club in my news.
First let me explain who we are and what we do. We are a group of people ages 55 and over. We meet once a month on the first Monday (unless otherwise noted) at the Senior Center on Main Street in Ryder. At the meeting we have a delicious meal together, have a short business meeting and spend time just visiting with friends.
Our Happy Hour Club invites you to come and join us. We have yearly dues of $10 per person. That is under a dollar for a meal once a month and a nice get together also. What a bargain!
We just started a new fiscal year in October. A calendar for the upcoming year is listed below. Please note the times of the meetings. We are on our colder weather schedule now with our meal and meeting at noon. When the weather is nicer and the daylight longer we meet at 6:00 p.m. For additional information you may call Pres. Gary Hagen at 758-2411. Please consider joining us…we would love to have you in our group.
Noon Scheduled Meetings:
Oct. 5, 2015; Nov.2, 2015; Dec. 5, 2015 (our potluck Christmas Party); Jan. 4, 2016; Feb 1, 2016; Mar. 7, 2016;
6:00 p.m. Scheduled Meetings:
Apr. 4, 2016; May 2, 2016; June 6, 2016; July 11, 2016 (the Monday after the 4th); Aug. 1, 2016; Sept. 12, 2016 (the Monday after Labor Day)
Upcoming Events for Ryder:
Nov. 14: Bazaar at Ryder Community Center (former Ryder gym) sponsored by the Ryder Community Club. 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. with Turkey Drawing to follow at 3:00 p.m.
Dec. 5: Happy Hour Senior Citizens Club potluck Christmas Party and meeting at noon at the Sr. Center in Ryder.
That’s it for this week. Tune in next week and we will see what bits of wisdom I have to share with you!
